The entire point of Jerusalem is the Temple. Its bringing G-d back down to the earth and as long as Jews desist from the task, the stones at the Kotel will continue to shed tears. That must be done exactly the same way Israel was restored - through human effort. Only then will Jerusalem truly be a light unto the nations.

Don, Jameel is absolutely right.All Herod did was enlarge the exsting Temple Mount compound, mostly north and south.

I can't find an online Eng. translation (maybe somewhere in the Chabad sites) but here it is in Hebrew, Laws of the Holy Temple, Chapt. 1, 3 - the third Temple will be built where the frist two were, exactly